Too the Moon or Not

Just to explore, we drove to the top of Haleakala which is 10,023 feet. The road winds back and forth up the mountain with the vegetation changing and disappearing. The very top reminded us of pictures from the moon. We did look for nene, Hawaiian geese but didn't see. According to the park ranger, they are nesting at this time of the year. Sounded like they do hang out near the top of the volcano cone. We did get a picture of the rare silversword since it is a plant and much easier to spot than nene.

According to the guide book, the last activity was 200 - 400 years ago. I swear someone said some lava came out the side with the recent earth quakes. Maybe, they just said it could have.